Keeping one hand in my pocket, I advanced along the line of nobles knocked to the ground.
My body halted as I reached the queen. I cupped her cheeks and declared, "Your blood is tainted; the gods have poisoned you."
As I turned and approached Lucy, I reached for her hair, idly twirling it. "Your blood is tainted; the gods have poisoned you," I uttered.
'Snap!'
The ground gave way to a throne made of black stone, seemingly absorbing all light that touched it, and I sat on it.
The gravity wave vanished, allowing the nobles to stand once more. But one dared to lock eyes with me, and in that moment, he became a living inferno.
"You are forbidden from looking at me unless I allow it. Prostrate yourselves before the only true god."
My command was met with immediate obedience; the nobles prostrated themselves. Cupcake, Evelyn, and the two royal guards followed suit, their foreheads pressed to the dirt.
